Vrgorac

Vrgorac

Vrgorac

Town in Split-Dalmatia, Croatia

Vrgorac (pronounced [ʋř̩ɡorats], Italian: Vergoraz) is a town in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County.

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Demographics

The total population of Vrgorac is 6,572 (census 2011), in the following settlements:[3]

  • Banja, population 202
  • Dragljane, population 52
  • Draževitići, population 203
  • Duge Njive, population 105
  • Dusina, population 494
  • Kljenak, population 86
  • Kokorići, population 161
  • Kotezi, population 278
  • Kozica, population 56
  • Mijaca, population 95
  • Orah, population 268
  • Podprolog, population 355
  • Poljica Kozička, population 172
  • Prapatnice, population 179
  • Rašćane, population 130
  • Ravča, population 154
  • Stilja, population 320
  • Umčani, population 227
  • Veliki Prolog, population 499
  • Vina, population 134
  • Višnjica, population 14
  • Vlaka, population 41
  • Vrgorac, population 2,039
  • Zavojane, population 308

In the 2011 census, 99% of the population were Croats.[4]

Town of Vrgorac: Population trends 1857–2021
population
7618
7865
8701
10251
11910
12859
12838
12756
11621
11612
11246
9927
8228
7497
7593
6572
5698
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Prehistory

In the area Veliki Vanik two early or middle Bronze Age individuals were found, probably Proto-Illyrians, one was genetically determined as haplogroup J2b2a1.[5][6][7]

Notable people

Nikola Vujčić

References

  1. [1]
    Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. [2]
    "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Vrgorac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Split-Dalmatia". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Scientific Papers – J2-M172". j2-m172.info. J2 Research Team: Rottensteiner et. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  6. [6]
    Novak, M.; Vyroubal, V.; Bedić, Ž. (2011). Palaeodemographic and palaeopathological characteristics of individuals buried in three Bronze Age sites from southern Croatia. Department of Archaeology , Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia.
  7. [7]
    "The Genomic History of Southeastern Europe" (PDF).

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